LRE’s Environmental Management group provides our clients with engineering consulting and planning services needed to meet the varied water resource management challenges of municipalities, water and wastewater districts, state agencies, and industry. Using cost-effective and creative approaches, we help clients resolve complex issues related to environmental permitting and regulatory compliance, watershed planning, stormwater and floodplain management, and source water management.
Environmental Management
Environmental Management Projects
MS4 Compliance Assurance Audit
MS4 Compliance Assurance Audit
Evaluated minimum control measure (MCM) requirements found in MS4 CDPS General Permit, MS4 CDPS General Permit Rationale, Stormwater Discharges associated...
Eagle Park Reservoir Enlargement Environmental Permitting
Eagle Park Reservoir Enlargement Environmental Permitting
Eagle Park Reservoir is an off-channel reservoir located on property formerly owned by the Climax Molybdenum Company (Climax) at the...
Eagle River WSD Water Quality and Regulatory Assistance
Eagle River WSD Water Quality and Regulatory Assistance
LRE provides ongoing environmental, water quality, and regulatory assistance to the Eagle River Water & Sanitation District for a wide...
Broomfield – Heit Pit (Environmental Management)
Broomfield – Heit Pit (Environmental Management)
LRE developed a design and bid documents for a 1,500 foot, 15 cfs pressurized pipeline to convey raw water from...
Coal Creek Diversion Structure Rehabilitation (Environmental Management)
Coal Creek Diversion Structure Rehabilitation (Environmental Management)
Developed design plans to reconstruct the ditch headworks and upper ditch reaches Challenges included shifted stream channels and FEMA funding...
Mann Lakes Reservoir Repair
Mann Lakes Reservoir Repair
Conducted a field investigation to assess damage impacts to the clay liner stability and permeability Repairs were designed based on...
Chatfield Reservoir Storage Reallocation Project
Chatfield Reservoir Storage Reallocation Project
From 2005 to 2011, LRE represented the City of Brighton as a participant in the Chatfield Reservoir Reallocation Project. After...
Greeley Water Storage Expansion Project
Greeley Water Storage Expansion Project
Milton Seaman Reservoir Since 2004, LRE staff has assisted the City of Greeley with the NEPA and 404 permitting processes...
Rocky Ford Water Treatment Plant Improvements
Rocky Ford Water Treatment Plant Improvements
LRE prepared a Final Environmental Review Report for improvements to the Rocky Ford water system, as a part of the...
CCBWQA Water Quality Database Development/GIS Services (Environmental Management)
CCBWQA Water Quality Database Development/GIS Services (Environmental Management)
Worked as the Authority’s Watershed Consultant since 2010 and provides a broad range of planning, permitting, GIS and data support...
Vail Summer Recreation Facilities – EIS Hydrology and Stream Health Assessment
Vail Summer Recreation Facilities – EIS Hydrology and Stream Health Assessment
The USDA Forest Service determined that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was needed for Vail Resorts’ proposed improvements to its...
Roxborough Diversion Study
Roxborough Diversion Study
Completed feasibility-level designs for alternatives for construction of a 24 cfs diversion structure Aided in the development of design criteria...
CCBWQA Watershed Coordinator
CCBWQA Watershed Coordinator
Since 2010, LRE has worked as CCBWQA’s Watershed Consultant. Recent efforts involved completely rewriting to the Basin’s nine-year-old Watershed Plan. ...
Emergency 404 Permit for Gore Creek Sewer Line Repair
Emergency 404 Permit for Gore Creek Sewer Line Repair
Emergency repair to the main bypass pipeline which carries sewage from the Vail Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF) to the Avon...
Gore Creek Water Quality Improvement Plan
Gore Creek Water Quality Improvement Plan
Developed the Gore Creek Water Quality Improvement Plan (WQIP) for the Eagle River Watershed Urban Runoff Group (URG), which included...